A young boy from Kashmir went to Bangalore for higher studies where he explored the fashion industry to pay his college fee. After two years, he became the face of many top branding agencies and ventures in India.
Hailing from the Khuri-Batpora village of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, Yasir Tak has been working in the fashion industry for two years and has signed multiple contracts with both national and international agencies.
He completed his basic education from a Government School in Kulgam, after that he perused Diploma in Civil Engineering from Polytechnic College Ganderbal and later moved to Banglore for higher studies.
“I went to Bangalore in 2017 for studying B.Tech and to pay my tuition fee, I started appearing in fashion auditions. I tried several times and finally was selected for Karnataka police’s anti-drug advertisement film,” he said.
Yasir said to ease the pressure on his family, he made his profile with the amount, he gained from the contract firm and started exploring other options in the fashion industry.
“After many ups and downs, I started working with Flipkart in 2018 in Bangalore for their e-commerce shoots for almost two years. It was my toughest period and learned professional titbits of the modeling industry,” he said.
After that Yasir joined another agency ‘Spotlight Modeling Agency’ in 2018 and during that time he got another offer from ‘Ultraviolette Automotives’ for the launching of their electric super bike in 2019.
“After completing my studies in Banglore, I worked for almost two years in New Dehli for Ninjas Models and some other international agencies,” he said, adding “To join the Ninjas Models, I shifted to New Delhi and participated in several modeling shoots for various brands and fashion shows. After that I developed some health issues and went back home,” he said.
Yasir was also selected for KGF Chapter 2 auditions. Even he has been also featured in some scenes. The shooting of the film was held in Hyderabad but due to health issues, he could not join the entire set.
“Few months ago, I was also approached by the top Indian production house Yashraj Films. Hopefully, I will connect with them, after I will be back to New Dehli,” he said.
Currently, Yasir is under treatment for some time and hopes that it will take him a further 2 months to join his work back in New Delhi.
About family support, he said initially there was no support but after his career progressed they started supporting him and encouraged him for the same.
He says, although there is no dearth of talent in the new generation, “they need to polish their ideas. There are always ups and downs behind the success of everyone, but one should move forward and keep the snow on.”
